Dubai’s property market has been a roller-coaster in recent years, from the market’s collapse in 2008 to boasting the world’s fastest rate of house price growth in 2013 and 2014. Since that rebound, boosted by the news that the emirate would host the …
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Dubai Properties receives new ISO certification
Dubai Properties Group (DPG) has been awarded for its provision of real estate development, leasing, sales, property management, and facility management, with the ISO 22301:2012 certification, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The ISO certification …
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Dubai refuses to let British woman fly home for life-saving cancer surgery amid fears her charity work in the UAE has angered officials
Dubai is refusing to let a British woman fly home for life-saving cancer treatment because her charity work in the UAE has angered officials, she has claimed. Luisa Williams was unexpectedly diagnosed with advanced stage three cancer just days ago and …
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Revealed: Tragedy of Dubai media boss whose on-stage death made TV chef James Martin change his life and quit Saturday Kitchen
A larger-than-life Dubai magazine boss has been revealed as the man whose death on stage made TV chef James Martin change his life and quit Saturday Kitchen. Dominic De Sousa, 56, a prominent figure in Dubai’s media industry, died on stage of a suspected …
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Dubai Tour: Kittel marvels at come-from-behind sprint victory
Marcel Kittel’s second sprint victory at the Dubai Tour was much more chaotic than his first, but the German says he took more enjoyment from pulling out a winning effort, despite a late push to reach the front of the race. On stage 1, Kittel’s sprint win …
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ADCB unveils digital age lender uBank
ADCB has become the latest UAE bank to raise its digital game with the launch of its first uBank digital banking centre in Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall. The uBank centre, unveiled by ADCB yesterday, will enable customers to access key banking services in a …
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UAE’s first honey festival opens in Hatta
Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, inaugurated the four-day festival … and also encourage the use of this healthy food product,” he told Gulf News. From live bees and fresh beehives to huge machinery used in honey production …
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UAE bank NBAD offers blockchain payments after tie-up with Ripple
DUBAI Feb 1 National Bank of Abu Dhabi said on Wednesday it had become the first bank in the Middle East and North Africa to introduce real time, cross-border payments on blockchain, becoming the latest lender to experiment with the technology. Through a …
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UAE cybercrime victims struggle to recover lost money
Rabih Dabbousi, senior vice-president of Sales, Marketing and Business Development at Dark Matter, said that finance sector is the most targeted in the UAE. “The exponential adoption of technology increases the UAE’s attack surface which is becoming …
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Shaikh Mohammad stops to watch cycling tour in Dubai
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took time off on Tuesday to watch the fourth edition of the Dubai Tour. Shaikh Mohammad watched the cyclists as they made their way …
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Dubai Tour: Groenewegen gains ground against Goliath lead-out trains
Dylan Groenewegen claimed (LottoNL-Jumbo) the white jersey as the best young rider on the opening day of the Dubai Tour. After finishing as runner-up to a superior Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) and his powerful lead-out train, the Dutch national …
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Dubai Islamic Bank mandates banks for potential sukuk sale -sources
DUBAI Feb 1 Dubai Islamic Bank, the largest sharia-compliant bank in the United Arab Emirates, has appointed banks ahead of a potential benchmark-sized U.S. dollar sukuk sale, banking sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The group of …
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In a first, Emirati foreign minister defends Trump visa ban
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat on Wednesday came out in defence of President Donald Trump’s order temporarily barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The comments by …
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School bus catches fire in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: A fire broke out in a school bus this morning, engulfing the vehicle on the outskirts of the capital near Mohammad Bin Zayed City. Official sources told Gulf News that the bus belonged to the British International School Abu Dhabi, a private …
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NBAD tops UAE banks’ fourth-quarter figures
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) was the best of a mixed bag of fourth-quarter UAE bank results yesterday, with the overall picture showing a sector that is still coping with a sluggish lending market. NBAD, which is merging with Abu Dhabi lender FGB …
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Dubai Tour: Kittel savours his first win on disc brakes
Kittel is the only rider at the Dubai Tour using disc brakes, and the news has sparked lots of interest from his fellow riders. Other riders had seen photos of Kittel’s bike on Cyclingnews and peppered him questions about disc brakes in the professional …
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How landmark projects impact Dubai real estate value
The influence that an iconic project can have on its locale is often quite dramatic. Apart from becoming a magnet for activity and development, trophy properties or iconic projects have the ability to change the value of nearby real estate. In Dubai …
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